First Friday – July 6, 2007 [with photo gallery]

Angelo “Real and Surreal,” oil paintings by Lindsay Michie Eades, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs “Nature’s Beautiful Colors,” watercolor paintings by Joy Cross, 6-9pm.BozArt Gallery “comfort/STRUGGLE/comfort/STRUGGLE,” recent oil paintings by Kris Bowmaster, 6-9pm. Fellini’s #9 “Still Moments,” oil paintings by Mari Anne Dennison, 5:30-7pm. Gallery at Fifth & Water Works by the Gang of Eight, Nelson Fine […]

Feel the “Burn”

“Burn Notice”Thursday 10pm, USA Joining established USA hits “The 4400,” “The Dead Zone,” “Monk” and “Psych” is this promising show about American spy Michael Westen who, on a deadly mission, learns that he’s received a “burn notice”—in real world parlance, he’s been fired. He gets dumped in his hometown of Miami, assets frozen and put […]

Mr. Nice Guys

It has been 15 years now that Dave Matthews came out from behind the bar at Miller’s and assembled the band that got struck by lightning. As they take to the road—their annual summer ritual—see if you remember whom the boys in the band were playing with when they formed DMB. Probably any fan can […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

1408 (PG-13, 94 minutes) Somebody found another unadapted Stephen King short story. By law they’ve all got to be made into movies before his death, so here we go again. John Cusack plays an author who specializes in debunking claims of the paranormal. To those ends, he checks into the infamously haunted Dolphin Hotel, whose […]

MUSIC NOW Archives

Pluckin’ good [with video]Pokey LaFarge revisits his musical roots in Charlottesville We Are Star Children Straight Punch to the Crotch; Self-released Summer in the city The Charlottesville Municipal Band takes its annual concert series to the Paramount Telecaster roadmaster [with video]Bill Kirchen brings his honky-tonk hammer to Crozet A not-so-new dawn fades [with audio]After four […]

Capsule reviews of films playing in town

1408 (PG-13, 94 minutes) Somebody found another unadapted Stephen King short story. By law they’ve all got to be made into movies before his death, so here we go again. John Cusack plays an author who specializes in debunking claims of the paranormal. To those ends, he checks into the infamously haunted Dolphin Hotel, whose […]